Nursery World - Act gives Welsh Commissioner wider powers

The Children's Commissioner for Wales has been given additional powers to consider and make representations about any matter affecting children's rights and welfare. An amendment to the Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill to widen the Commissioner's remit was made in the House of Commons last week.

An amendment to the Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill to widen the Commissioner's remit was made in the House of Commons last week.

Welsh Assembly health minister Jane Hutt welcomed the amendment. She said, 'The Commissioner will now be able to consider and make representations to the Assembly about any matter affecting the rights or welfare of children in Wales.

'The amendment will allow the Assembly to implement our essential vision of the Commissioner as a champion of all children in Wales.' The Bill widens the range of the Commissioner's remit beyond the sphere of social services to include all matters that come within the Assembly's devolved areas of responsibility, such as health, education, the environment and transport.

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